4 LANGUAGE WEAVE EXTENSION

Task 4. Study these, then take the Matching Test below.

What happened? Quick (let's) flee, quick run! Following Fox they entered the den. Don't be afraid. I am here. Poor animals! Not even one came out.

Chü le shénme shì? / Chü shénme shì la? Kuài táo, kuài pâo! Tämen gënzhe Húli jìnle dòng. Búyào hàipà. Wô zài zhèli Kêliánde dòngwù! Yï-ge yê méi chülái.

Get a piece of paper. As you listen to the recording, draw some picture for each sentence.
Then listen a second time and just look at your pictures. How well do you understand the story?

1. The Chicken Little story: Xiǎojī de Gùshì.
2. “The Sky is Falling” “Tiān yào tā le!”
3. Zhè shì yí-piàn hěn dà de shùyè.
4. Zhè shì yì-zhī xiǎojī.
5. This is Xiǎojīde tragic gùshì.
6. Yì-tiān Xiǎojī zài yuánzi-li.
7. Tūrán yí-piàn shùyè, yí-piàn hěn dà de shùyè, luò zài tāde tóu-shang.
8. Xiǎojī thought the tiān yào tā le, and started to run, screaming:
9. "Jī, jī, māmā, nǐ zài nǎli, māmā?"
10. "Gē, gē, wǒ zài zhèli, Xiǎojī. Gàosu wǒ, chū le shénme shì?
11. "Tiān yào tā le! Tiān yào tā le!"
12. "O, nǐ zěnme zhīdào de?"
13. “Wǒ qīn'yǎn kànjiàn de.
14. "Wǒ qīn'yǎn kànjiàn de, yǒu yí-piàn tiān luò zài wǒ tóu-shang. Wǒ shuō de shì zhēnde.”
15. "Kuài! Let's táo ba!" Mǔjī screamed. Kuài táo, kuài pǎo."
16. "Yāzi, Yāzi, nǐ zài nǎr, Yāzi?
17. "Guā-guā, wǒ zài zhèli, Mǔjī, chū le shénme shì?, chū le shénme shì?
18. "Tiān yào tā le! Tiān yào tā le!"
19. "O, nǐ zěnme zhīdào de, Mǔjī?"
20. "Xiǎojī gàosu wǒ de."
21. "Nǐ zěnme zhīdào de, Xiǎojī?"
22. "Wǒ qīn'yǎn kànjiàn de, yǒu yí-piàn tiān luò zài wǒ tóu-shang. Wǒ shuō de shì zhēnde:
23. "O, wǒmen kuài táo ba!" screamed the yāzi. Kuài táo, kuài pǎo."
24. "É, É, nǐ zài nǎli?"
25. "Honk-honk, wǒ zài zhèli, Yāzi. Chū le shénme shì?, chū le shénme shì?
26. "Tiān yào tā le! Tiān yào tā le!"
27. "O, nǐ zěnme zhīdào de, Yāzi?"
28. "Mǔjī gàosu wǒ de."
29. "Nǐ zěnme zhīdào de, Mǔjī?"
30. "Xiǎojī gàosu wǒ de."
31. "Nǐ zěnme zhīdào de, Xiǎojī?"
32. "Wǒ qīn'yǎn kànjiǹ de, yǒu yí-piàn tiān luò zài wǒ tóu-shang.
33. Wǒ shuō de shì zhēnde.
34. "O, wǒmen kuài táo ba!" screamed the é. Kuài táo, kuài pǎo."
35. "Huǒjī, Huǒjī, nǐ zài nǎli, huǒjī?"
36. "Gūlū, gūlu, wǒ zài zhèli, É. Chū shénme shì la, chū shénme shì la?"
37. "Tiān yào tā le! Tiān yào tā le!"
38. "O, nǐ zěnme zhīdào de, É?"
39. "Yāzi gàosu wǒ de."
40."Nǐ zěnme zhīdào de, Yāzi?"
41. "Mǔjī gàosu wǒ de."
42. "Nǐ zěnme zhīdào de, Mǔjī?"
43. "Xiǎojī gàosu wǒ de."
44. "Nǐ zěnme zhīdào de, Xiǎojī?"
45. "Wǒ qīn'yǎn kànjiǹ de, yǒu yí-piàn tiān luò zài wǒ tóu-shang.
46. Wǒ shuō de shì zhēnde:
47. "O, wǒmen kuài táo ba!" screamed the huǒjī. Kuài táo, kuàir pǎo."
48. "Húli, Húli, nǐ zài nǎli, húli?"
49. "Yi-yi. Wǒ zài zhèli, Huǒjī. Chū shénme shì la, chū shénme shì la?"
50. "Tiān yào tā le! Tiān yào tā le!"
51. "A, nǐ zěnme zhīdào de, Huǒjī?"
52. "É gàosu wǒ de."
53. "O, nǐ zěnme zhīdào de, É?"
54. "Yāzi gàosu wǒ de."
55. "Nǐ zěnme zhīdào de, Yāzi?"
56. "Mǔjī gàosu wǒ de."
57. "Nǐ zěnme zhīdào de, Mǔjī?"
58. "Xiǎojī gàosu wǒ de."
59. "Nǐ zěnme zhīdào de, Xiǎojī?"
60. "Wǒ qīn'yǎn kànjiàn de, yǒu yí-piàn tiān luò zài wǒ tóu-shang. Wǒ shuō de shì zhēnde.
61. Húli thought for a bit and shuōdào:
62. Búyào hàipà. Wǒ lái jiù nǐmen.
63. Jiù gēn wǒ lái. Dào wǒde dòng-li lái ba."
64. In my dòng it is hěn safe. Oh yes, wǒde dòng-li hěn ānquán.
65. Yúshì all these dòngwù: Xiǎojī, Mǔjī, Yāzi, É hé Huǒjī, dōu gēnzhe Húli jìn le tāde dòng.
66. Kěshì not one of them ever came out. Yī-ge yě méi chūlai.
67. Húli bǎ tāmen shāsǐ, and quán chīdiào.
68. Kěliánde dòngwùmen a!

How well can you give the English equivalents of these sentences?

1 Chū shénme shì le? / Chū le shénme shì? 2 Tiān yào tā le. 3 Nǐ zěnme zhīdào de? 4 Yí-kuàir tiān luò zài wǒ tóu-shang. 5 Mǔjī gàosu wǒ de. 6 Wǒ qīn'yǎn kànjiàn de. 7 Wǒ shuōde shì zhēnde. 8 Wǒmen kuài táo. 9 Gēn wǒ lái 10 Nǐ zài nǎli. 11 Wǒ zài zhèli. 12 Búyào hàipà. 13 Wǒ láo jiù nǐmen.
How well can you give the Chinese equivalents of these sentences?
1 What happened? 2 The sky is falling. 3 How do you know? 4 A piece of sky fell on my head. 5 The hen told me. 6 I saw it with my very own eyes. 7 What I say is true. 8 Quick (let’s) flee! 9 Come with me. 10 Where are you? 11 I’m here.
12 Don’t be afraid. 13 I’ll save you.